misgiving

英 [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ]

n.  疑虑; 顾虑

复数：misgivings　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11202 / COCA.13315

牛津词典

noun

• 疑虑；顾虑
  feelings of doubt or anxiety about what might happen, or about whether or not sth is the right thing to do
  1. I had grave misgivings about making the trip.
     对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
  2. I read the letter with a sense of misgiving.
     我看了那封信，感到有些怀疑。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 疑虑;担心
  If you havemisgivingsabout something that is being suggested or done, you feel that it is not quite right, and are worried that it may have unwanted results.
  1. She had some misgivings about what she was about to do...
     她对自己即将要做的事情存有一些顾虑。
  2. The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.
     正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。

英英释义

noun

• doubt about someone's honesty
  Synonym:mistrustdistrustsuspicion
• painful expectation
  Synonym:apprehension
• uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  Synonym:scruplequalm

双语例句

• Since then, Germany has piled one misgiving on top of another about plans for a banking union to be drawn up by the end of the year.
  自那以后，德国对将在今年内起草的建立银行业联盟计划一直顾虑重重。
• The plan seemed to be utterly impractical and I was filled with misgiving about it.
  这项计划似乎完全不切实际，我对此充满疑虑。
• "To-morrow," he said," you come down here and buy yourself a skirt. "In all of Carrie's actions there was a touch of misgiving.
  等明天，他说，你到这里来买条裙子。嘉莉在买这买那的时候，心里总有些惴惴不安。
• Hurstwood looked into her pretty face, crossed with little shadows of wonder and misgiving, and thought he had never seen anything more lovely.
  赫斯渥看着她的美丽的脸庞，那上面浮现着一丝惊异和担心。他觉得他从来没有见过比这更可爱的东西了。
• However, as the moment for the girl's setting out drew nigh, when the first excitement of the dressing had passed off, a slight misgiving found place in Joan Durbeyfield's mind.
  不过，姑娘动身的时刻越来越近了，当初梳妆打扮的兴奋一消失，琼德北菲尔德太太的心里就出现了一阵担忧。
• That be now, however, many persons but wasted big good time in the regret pastly with the misgiving the future.
  那就是现在，然而，许多人却在悔恨过去和担忧未来之中浪费了大好时光。
• He looked with misgiving at the strange man in front of him.
  他怀疑地望着眼前这奇怪的人。
• On which day could I freely step on the way of return home without any misgiving?
  到哪一天，我才能自由、无所顾忌地踏向回归故园之路呢？
• But, in exploring your misgiving, you are neither being pessimistic nor churlish.
  但探索你的疑虑，你既不悲观也不暴躁。
• She had some misgivings about what she was about to do
  她对自己即将要做的事情存有一些顾虑。